Cyberlink Arm
Innovative Masters Student nomination, King's College London
What it was
- Project
- Cyberlink Arm (robotics)
- Where
- King's College London
- Year
- 2018
- Recognition
- Innovative Masters Student nomination
In 2018, during his MSci in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at King's College London, M.L. Hariras Tongyai built the Cyberlink Arm: a robotic arm you drive with your own hand.
The design has two halves. On the hand, a control glove with flex sensors on every finger, a 3D-printed shell and an LED ring to show its state. On the bench, a printed robotic arm that mirrors what the fingers do. Muscle sensors on the forearm added a second signal, reading intent from the arm itself.
It was built the way most student robotics is built: late nights at the bench, prints and wiring until the arm moved as the hand did, and then a demo day with the glove on and the arm on the table behind.
The work was nominated for King's College London's Innovative Masters Student recognition.
Pictures
The design: the control glove (left) and the robotic arm it drives (right) 
The control glove: flex sensors on every finger, a 3D-printed shell and an LED ring 
Demo day: the glove, with the robotic arm on the table behind 
Muscle sensors on the forearm, with the printed robotic arm on the bench 
Late nights at the bench